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This is focussing on the wrong part of the issue. « People should play their stats » is uncontroversial. There may be some argument...
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Because there are always a variety pf people responding to you in more or less the same way I do about the same set of issues. It's not...
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Yup, you have a very different picture of what your posts look like than a lot of people who read them. That's both interesting and...
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I mean, my general expectation (and what I do for my own 5e characters) is that a low stat (generally anything at <=7) will have some...
Feb 18, 2026
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It’s pretty cool so far! Here’s his assumptions and core intentions from the latest copy: “Design Goals Moldvay is designed with the...
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Mike Mearls (@mearls ) is working on a stripped down version of 5e called Moldvay. You can download the working documents on his patreon...
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Oh 100% this! I was astonished at how much my energy levels changed when I stopped running complex turn based combat systems. I almost...
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I’ll be honest - I feel exhausted after a night of DMing. It’s never gotten better in all my years running games. Like I feel like I get...
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IQ is nearly useless as a model for intelligence. I feel like we've hit 88 miles an hour and gone back in time to 1973 for our...
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Well, you just added that. I think that someone failing to play low INT to your liking isn't affecting anyone but you, but I'm sure a...
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Yes it is. Mental acuity doesn't mean "how fast you come up with ideas", it's much, much broader and more vague term than that. No. It...
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I think you have a very narrow and slightly silly idea of what INT 8 means given you seem to think the only think Intelligence measures...
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I like the idea that it's emergent. If you look at the definitions/descriptions of the attributes some of them cover a LOT of...
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Ok, let's say I roll up a character and end up with a 3...a three...in Charisma. I come up with a story about my character, about her...
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I just haven’t seen any social referee issues at all over my last many groups. We establish the frequency and day of play in session 0...
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